When I was in high school my family had only 1 dog (Mushu) and my mom felt like she needed a buddy so we got her one (Lilo). They were both female and at the time we didn’t know much about the care they needed as we’ve only had male dogs, so we completely disregarded the fact they needed to be spayed if they weren’t going to have any pups.
Fast forward 8 years (this year) I took her to the vet because I noticed a lump in her nipples, he said it could be mammary cancer and he recommended me to get that removed + spayed. He told me a price and I thought It was a bit steep considering we had spayed 2 cats at a different place (one of those low cost clinics that only do neuter / spay) so instead I took her there.
She got back April 30th and from the beginning she couldn’t walk, poop, or eat which I was told was normal given the procedure. She would wag her tail and walk a bit so I thought she’d get better, then on Thursday she stopped moving as much and would only follow us so she wasn’t alone. I looked it up and it said that this can happen with dogs and will often get better by day 3. Friday came along and she kept getting worse but again I had no point of reference and after calling the clinic they said she’d be fine.
Then Saturday (yesterday) I was having an event at my sister’s house and I decided to take her with me so I could watch her. On the way there she kept looking at me with the saddest eyes and I felt like something wasn’t okay. I turned around and called a different vet at their emergency number and after talking with him a bit he said that I hes not super worried about it as she might just be a bit more sensitive than other dogs which gave me some level of comfort.
Today (Sunday) she woke up and wouldn’t look at me, I called her name and wouldn’t even wag her tail anymore. I called the vet and told him I’d like for him to meet and actually look at my dog. We met and he instantly said she didn’t look good, her body temp was 95° and after doing some bloodwork he told me he is surprised her heart is still beating because the numbers that he read were high and something he hasn’t seen before, and that her kidneys were shutting down and that even with recovery (10-20% chance) she would have kidney damage.
I just feel so guilty because after it was all said and done, I ended up paying just about the same price and instead of “fixing” what was wrong with her I ended up killing her…